Sadly for dozens of presumably upstanding Maine residents called for the jury
pool in the so-called “Zumba” prostitution trial, these are the kind of sexual
questions they may be asked.

Worse: A judge’s effort to keep the questioning private has been overturned
by the state’s highest court.

Even worse: As early as this morning, potential jurors could be back on the
stand in open court fielding questions about their attitudes toward
prostitution.

For those who think government already probes too deeply into the personal
life of its citizens, this would seem to be a probe too far.

As for a possible “domination fetish” inquiry — well, a list of domination
fetishes was among the items taken from Zumba instructor and alleged prostitute
Alexis Wright, 30, and her alleged accomplice Mark Strong, 57, reports Vanity
Fair magazine — along with four bottles of baby oil, five cameras and four
camcorders with which Strong allegedly filmed Wright’s unwitting customers in
action.

Oh my.

Is this line of questioning fair to potential jurors, who are just doing
their civic duty?

“Is life fair?” asked a philosophical Keith Parent, 27, a carpenter working
on a building on Main Street in Kennebunk yesterday.

“Well, it’s a lot more interesting if you hear this stuff, too,” quipped
David White, 65, in an antiques store down the street.

“If it’s me on the stand, I’d say it’s not pertinent,” said Denise Senecal, a
clerk at the Kennebunk Inn, where she said an ABC news crew, hot after the Zumba
story, had camped out for days.

Senecal was one of many locals who said too much has been made of a case
involving “only adults, no children, no coercion involved.” Other merchants said
it all reflects badly on picturesque Kennebunk, a summer mecca heretofore best
known as former President George H. W. Bush’s summer home.

But the story went viral when it turned out that the friendly mother and
popular Zumba instructor allegedly led a second life well advertised in
semi-naked, naked and even pornographic pictures online.

Then police created a panic and an uproar by releasing names of her alleged
johns, some of whom were locally well known. Let’s just say many locals wished
they’d never heard of Alexis Wright.

A man who answered the door yesterday at Wright’s Wells home said no
comment.

The secluded chalet style, cedar colored three-bedroom with the wraparound
porch, almost five miles from a main road, is up for sale for $255,000.

The Zumba studio, and scene of the many alleged crimes, is for rent in a
strip mall between Best Nails salon and Toppings pizza.

A pizza worker said he’s a witness in the case, which resumes at 8:30 this
morning.